Police arrested an undersecretary of state on suspicion of corruption



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The Ministry of Agriculture has sent a brief communication to the MTI informing them of the following:

“The Budapest Regional Investigation Prosecutor’s Office for the crime of bribery and other crimes of abuse of power is investigating. The person involved is János Nagy, Undersecretary of State for Lands of the Ministry of Agriculture. Today, the Minister of Agriculture, István Nagy, begins the dismissal of the Undersecretary of State. The Ministry will assist the Prosecutor’s Office in all aspects. “

Previously, the police also told the MTI that a senior ministry official had been detained on suspicion of a corruption offense, but at the time, no one had been exactly identified.

In his statement, Attorney General Imre Keresztes wrote that in the summer of 2020, the Budapest Regional Investigation Prosecutor’s Office planned to start a new state-supported agricultural enterprise, which could also be used for animal husbandry. According to well-founded suspicion

the contractor offered an undue advantage to help win the tender for the investment and acquisition of the land, using the contacts derived from the official position of a senior ministry official.

Contractor is expected to benefit by exerting official influence support of hundreds of millions of guilders – non-refundable expected of a successful company He recommended a 5 percent stake in the ministry official..

The senior official accepted the offer and acquired the promised stake in the newly established agricultural enterprise, the attorney general wrote.

Cover photo: MTI Photo / Faludi Imre



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